4.07 AVERAGE

dark inspiring reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I’m reviewing this book well after reading it. I liked seeing the impacts of this massive war on the ground, especially from the perspective of the human Katsuhiro. Anything with Sanguinius is inspiring.

It's good. The Siege of Terra continues to be more table setting than plot advancing through two books. There's a little more meat to this one but you're still spending not enough time with too many characters to build deep investments. Katsuhiro's story is the strongest in the book while Angron gets less time than Skraivok who got less time than Layak who got less time than Abaddon etc.

It is entertaining. It helps set the reason for future events quite well but some of that is simply a contorted effort to invent reasons why the future we already know unfolds as we know it will. But that's okay because the book is largely admirable in this effort. It just leaves a lot to The First Wall to deliver on all the set building the first two books have done for it.

It's a decent book with a lot of exciting parts, and well written for that matter, and it was quite a nice read even though it took me ages.

The siege is on!
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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5.0
adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Overall good, but just so long. I get worried when I catch myself checking to see how much more I have left. I liked the character development, the atmosphere was well established, but it was just drawn out. Which isn’t entirely this book’s fault. The whole series has been drawn out. But still good.